Cristian Popovici (born 13 February 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer and currently a manager. As a footballer Popovici played nine years for FCM Bacău, being an important member of the team that beat Steaua București with 5-1 right on the Steaua Stadium and also had appearances in European competitions as UEFA Cup or UEFA Intertoto Cup.[2] After retirement, Popovici started his football manager career, being well known for coaching especially teams from Bacău and Moldavia such as: Aerostar Bacău, FCM Bacău, SC Bacau, FC Botoșani or Foresta Suceava, the only interruptions consisting of two short spells at Dinamo II București and Metaloglobus București.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Daniel Popovici | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1968[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bacău, Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Știința Miroslava (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2002 | FCM Bacău | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Aerostar Bacău | ||
| 2004–2007 | FCM Bacău | ||
| 2008 | FCM Bacău | ||
| 2010–2011 | Botoșani | ||
| 2011 | SC Bacau | ||
| 2012 | Dinamo II București | ||
| 2012 | FCM Bacău | ||
| 2012–2013 | Botoșani | ||
| 2014–2016 | SC Bacău | ||
| 2016–2017 | Foresta Suceava | ||
| 2017–2018 | Aerostar Bacău | ||
| 2018–2019 | Metaloglobus București | ||
| 2019–2021 | Știința Miroslava | ||
| 2021–2022 | Dante Botoșani | ||
| 2022–2024 | CSM Bacău | ||
| 2024– | Știința Miroslava | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Honours
editPlayer
edit- FCM Bacău
Manager
edit- FC Botoșani
- Aerostar Bacău
References
edit- ^ "CRISTIAN POPOVICI – Antrenorul care i-a făcut pe români să privească în sus, spre Botoșani!" [CRISTIAN POPOVICI – The coach who made the Romanians look up to Botoşani!]. stiri.botosani.ro. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Bomba campionatului. Atunci si acum" [Championship's bomb. Then and now]. desteptarea.ro. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
External links
edit- Cristian Popovici at Soccerway
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